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About
Provided by Andrew Smith
Practice Areas
Andrew specialises in business crime, including SFO, NCA, HMRC and police investigations relating to fraud, bribery/corruption and money laundering; extradition requests for individuals sought by a range of countries including the United States, Mexico, the UAE and India (as well as related advice on INTERPOL and criminal mutual legal assistance); criminal and regulatory inquiries brought by the FCA into insider dealing, market abuse and market misconduct; public inquiries into major events (often with parallel criminal proceedings); and financial sanctions and export control investigations.
Case highlights include acting for individuals in the SFO investigations concerning Tesco, Petrofac, Glencore, Airbus, British American Tobacco, Unaoil and LIBOR; acting for individuals sought on complex extradition requests from inside and outside the EU, including Mohammed Lodhi (UAE), Andrew Symeou (Greece) and Shrien Dewani (South Africa); acting for individuals in public inquiries including the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry; acting for an individual in the FCA’s largest prosecution for insider dealing (Operation Tabernula); and acting for individuals in challenges to their financial sanctions designations (including Oleg Tinkov).
Career
BA and MPhil from Cambridge University; trained at Hogan Lovells LLP; joined Corker Binning in 2007 and became a partner in 2012.
Professional Memberships
London Criminal Courts Association; Fraud Lawyers Association; Defence Extradition Lawyers Forum.
Publications
Publishes widely on financial crime and extradition; co-editor of Lloyds Law Reports (Financial Crime); co-editor of Archbold.
Chambers Review
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Andrew Smith focuses his practice on extradition requests and Interpol Red Notices related to allegations of fraud and corruption, as well as those suspected of being politically motivated.
Andrew Smith routinely defends directors and senior executives in investigations led by national and foreign authorities into allegations of bribery, fraud and corruption. He also wins praise for his advice on extradition matters.
Andrew Smith specialises in money laundering cases and regularly advises clients undergoing criminal investigation by the NCA, as well as those facing FCA regulatory investigations.
Andrew Smith has strength in handling highly complex matters relating to claims of tax evasion and Code of Practice 9 investigations. He regularly advises both corporate and third-sector clients.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Andrew is very thoughtful and a very good strategist. He is good at handling clients and he knows the law. He is excellent."
"He is brilliant and doesn't miss a trick. He has vast experience and nothing is too much for his clients."
"Andrew is a subject matter expert on Interpol - he has the right strategies and he knows who to reach out to on international cases."
"Andrew is highly cerebral and is really good on technical stuff."
"He's extremely thoughtful, responsive, and a smart and sensible lawyer."
"Andrew is highly efficient, with excellent judgement."
"Andrew is wise and highly efficient with excellent judgement."
"Andrew Smith is highly intelligent and very academic in his analysis and thought processes."
"He is a really technically able lawyer but also one with a very good manner with clients. He's very reassuring."
"Andrew is a cerebral lawyer."
"He approaches criminal defence like surgery."
"Andrew is my go-to for corporate crime matters. His ability to defuse difficult situations and get the best out of situations is why I use him."
"Andrew is a bright, academic criminal lawyer with great judgement."
"Andrew is very thoughtful and a very good strategist. He is good at handling clients and he knows the law. He is excellent."
"He is brilliant and doesn't miss a trick. He has vast experience and nothing is too much for his clients."
"Andrew is a subject matter expert on Interpol - he has the right strategies and he knows who to reach out to on international cases."
"Andrew is highly cerebral and is really good on technical stuff."
"He's extremely thoughtful, responsive, and a smart and sensible lawyer."
"Andrew is highly efficient, with excellent judgement."
"Andrew is wise and highly efficient with excellent judgement."
"Andrew Smith is highly intelligent and very academic in his analysis and thought processes."
"He is a really technically able lawyer but also one with a very good manner with clients. He's very reassuring."
"Andrew is a cerebral lawyer."
"He approaches criminal defence like surgery."
"Andrew is my go-to for corporate crime matters. His ability to defuse difficult situations and get the best out of situations is why I use him."
"Andrew is a bright, academic criminal lawyer with great judgement."
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